It's #LPPSaturday ~ Let's celebrate the #Genius of #Prince and #TroyGua until the sun refuses to shine ~ Inspiration: Allen Beaulieu #Prince4ever #1979 #LPPisART #TroyGuaArt #Surrealism #Photography #Sculpture #StagedPhotography #OneSixthScale #Miniatures #PopArt #ArtImitatingLifeImitatingArt #Minneapolis #IWannaBeYourLover #AlternateVideo #AllenBeaulieu #DezDickerson #PrinceBeforeTheRain 💜 x ∞ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ http://troygua.com/work/lppisart/ This post is a little long, but it should be. We've reached the point in Prince history where Allen Beaulieu began working with Prince and the band. Allen's photos of Prince are the first ones I remember seeing, and they etched themselves into the folds of my brain. His images introduced me to a world I still want to inhabit decades later, and all I need to do is look at them to be transported. His book, 'Prince: Before the Rain' is extraordinary, sublime, delicious - and the forward, by Dez Dickerson is so perfect, I wanted to include the whole thing, but here’s an excerpt: 'Few artists legitimately bear the label of icon, and fewer icons are more synonymous with visual image than Prince. One man who was as responsible as anyone alive for capturing that iconic image is photographer Allen Beaulieu. Few people can say that their work helped to shape the image of a legend—Al can...Doing promo photos as a band in a photo studio was very much a new thing. Before that, there hadn't been any sort of visual component or brand consciousness. It had been purely about playing music together. Then we entered a whole new world of finding out how we mixed and meshed visually. We encountered that working with Al. We took a giant step toward becoming a band...His photographs of an artist heading down the path toward superstardom graced album covers, posters, and magazines everywhere, imprinting the images in the minds of fans for decades to come. As was the case with Prince, I'm happy to call Al a friend—and someone who deserves recognition for his role in solidifying a visual presence that will last throughout the history of music and popular culture.' ~ Dez Dickerson #repost from @troygua https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNHy7ElJoU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5nog7lm06kmk
